Event between 99OD4 and star GA0860:16795275 with event index number of 2438911
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/12/17 21:31:40 UTC
J2000 position of star is 22:04:11.5 -03:47:12
Equinox of date position of star is 22:05:19.6 -03:40:48
Stellar brightness G=16.4,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 12 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 29% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.7
TNO is 42.8 AU from the Sun
and 43.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 348 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4317 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=218.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.9 sec chord
Diameter=89.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 99OD4, (2023/12/17 21:32UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:58.1 -29:29:41 1.2 28.77 17 Markab 23:05:57.4 +15:20:05 2.5 24.20 32 PPM 205831 22:00:09.9 -04:15:33 6.2 1.44 11 PPM 205962 22:07:16.9 -02:59:20 8.0 0.82 12 PPM 205936 22:05:41.8 -03:36:16 9.7 0.09 12 99OD4 22:05:26.2 -03:40:11 16.4 12 Positions are for equinox of date
Azimuth is measured in degrees eastward from north. North is at an azimuth of 0, due East is at an azimuth of 90 degrees, due South is 180, and due West is 270.
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Star training set for 99OD4, (2023/12/17 21:32UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 28.77 17 Markab 23:04:45.8 +15:12:18 2.5 24.20 32 PPM 205831 21:58:55.0 -04:22:29 6.2 1.44 11 PPM 205962 22:06:02.4 -03:06:23 8.0 0.82 12 PPM 205936 22:04:27.1 -03:43:17 9.7 0.09 12 99OD4 22:04:11.5 -03:47:12 16.4 12 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/27 00:06:49 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute